Edge binding for garments.



PATENTED JAN. 21, 1908.

W. RQ GARTON. EDGE BINDING FOR GARMENTS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 3, 1906.

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ated UNITED STATES WILLIAM R. GARTON,

EDGE BINDING Specification of Letters Yatent.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FOR GARMENTS.

Patented Jan. 21, 1908.

Application filed August 3.1906. Serial No. 329.081.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM R. GARTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Edge-Bindings for Garments, of which the following is a specification. f

My invention relates to improvements in edge bindings for garments, for protecting the lower edges of skirts, the heel edges of trousers, and the like.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide an edge binding, or protector, which may be quickly and easily attached to the body to be protected, and which, when attached, will, be securely retained but may be easily removed.

Other and further objects of my invention will best become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein I have illustrated embodiments of my invention in views generally exaggerand disproportioned in parts for the sake of clearness.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a fragment with a part in section of my improved binding material, illustrating its mechanical construction. Fig. 2 is a view showing the mode of application of the material. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of one of the attaching mernbers. Fig. 4 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is a perspective of a modified embodiment of my invention, and, Fig. 6 is a section of another modification.

Throughout the drawing like numerals of reference refer always to like parts.

In the drawingflO indicates in general ay 4o body of protecting material, and 11-11 indi'- cate in general attaching devices, secured at intervalsV to the protecting body and adapted to readily attach the protector to the fabric to be protected.

Specifically the attaching devices preferably comprise pins 12, having pointed upper or free ends, and at their bases secured to the base portions exaggeratedly shown at 13a, of clip members 13, the upwardly extending portions 13b whereof are normally bent slightly toward the pins at their upper ends, asbest illustrated in Fig. 3. Each of these connectors 11 is a separate entity, associated with others only through the intermediary of the protecting body. These connectors 11, spaced apart at suitable intervals regulated l by the use to which the completed article is to be attached, are secured to the body 10 in any suitable manner. As illustrated in Fig.

l l, the body 10 may be a homogeneous body 1 of flexible material, such as rubber, having embedded therein the spring portion 13 of the connector. It may obviously, however, be a body of fabric in one or more layers, to which the spring portions of the connectors are secured by sewing, or by interlyingA between superposed layers, as shown inFig. 6.

For many purposes it is advantageous to have the body 10 comprise a portion 10EL extending beyond and secured to the base portion 13L1 of the spring clip, and a body 10b extending beyond and secured to the spring portion 13b of the spring clip, so that as illustrated in Fig. 1, when applied to the hem or l edge A of a skirt, or like article of apparel to be protected, the body portion 10b of the protecting body extends upward along the inner edge of the hem portion of the skirt or the like, while the out-turned portion 10a of said body underlies the folded edge of the skirt. Of course in practice the width of the out-turned part 10b is very slight, so that practically it does not interfere with the bending of the body 10a. For some uses, however, it is sufiicient that, as shown in Fig. 5, the body 10"]L cover only the portions 13a of the connectors, leaving the spring and in portions of the clip uncovered, and for ot er uses it may be desirable to have the protecting body 10 cover only the portions 13b of the clips, or attaching devices, as shown in Fig. 6.

In use, as illustrated in Fig. 2, the pins 12 of the clips are forced protected from its lower edge, .the spring members 13)b expanding to receive a portion of the hem of the goods to be protected between said spring and the pin, and exerting a clamping pressure upon said interposed body of the hem, which tends to hold the pins 12 against withdrawal. Thus the protecting body may readily be applied, and when in place is securely held against accidental detachment. It may, however, be readily detached when desired, by withdrawing the pins 12, so that the same binding may be used with different garments or transferred from an old garment to a new one.

It will be obvious that in practice the binding construction would be made in lengths which may be cut to suit the particular uses desired.

IVhile I have herein described in some deinto the fabric to be tail specific embodiments of my invention, it Will be understood that the several embodiments are not shown for urposes of limitation butfor purposes of ull disclosure, and that changes in the exact construction and arrangement of parts may readily be made by those skilled 1n the art Without departure from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Aent, of the United States, is:

As an article of manufacture, binding ma-y terial of the character described, comprising a continuous, uniformly flexible body, having permanently ixed thereto, at suitable intervals, segregated, attaching, springpressed connectors, each connector comprising a pin and a retaining spring secured to said pin, whereby said material is temporarily secured to the protected fabric.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM` R. GARTON. In the presence of GEO. T. MAY, Jr., MARY F. ALLEN. 

